Joelle Mogensen
Joëlle Choupay-Mogensen (born February 3, 1953 on Long Island near New York , † May 15, 1982 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris ) was a French singer. Between 1972 and 1979 she was the singer of the group Il était une fois .
Life
The daughter of a French-Vietnamese-American mother and a Danish father who worked for UNICEF in New York, attended a private religious school in Copenhagen in the early 1960s when her family settled there. Mogensen spoke six languages and began singing and playing the guitar at an early age. In 1969 she moved with her mother to France, where she met the guitarist Serge Koolenn and took music lessons in Marseille. During this time she also sang in cafes and small clubs.
Career
With Richard Dewitte , Mogensen and Koolenn organized the group Il était une fois of 5 men and Mogensen as lead singer and recorded 8 albums during this time. With the private separation from Koolenn in 1979, the group broke up and Mogensen started a solo career and sometimes sang with Jean Sablon . In 1980 she also released her first solo album with the song Homme impossible , which was the best-selling song in Europe in 1981.
death
After dinner with her sister in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris, where she also spent the night, she was found dead the next day. The autopsy revealed that she had died of pulmonary edema . Mogensen was buried at the Cimetière Montparnasse and her single Aime-moi was released three days after her death.
Web links
- Official website of Joelle Mogensen
- Il était une fois: un conte de fée modern Il était une fois : A modern fairy tale
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mogensen, Joelle |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Choupay-Mogensen, Joëlle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd February 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | long Island |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1982 |
| Place of death | Neuilly-sur-Seine |